Paired with Goodness Me American Oatmeal Stout from Herald Street Brew Works Chris Klassen grew up in Victoria and developed a love for food and cooking at a young age. He studied cooking at Camosun College and then worked as […]
Recipe: Squash Dip
Hoppy Holidays: BC Craft Breweries Warm Up Winter with a Selection of New Seasonal Beers
All points along the BC Ale Trail lead to wintry stouts, dunkels, porters and more that bring out the very best of the festive season As the nights get colder and darker, so too do the unique and boutique beers […]
10 winter craft beer releases to brighten your holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I’m not talking about the holidays, or the ski season, or the end of another year spent watching society crumble before our very eyes. It’s time for year-end limited edition craft […]
The Growler presents The Growlervent Calendar!
With the first sighting of a Rudolph car, it’s apparent that that holidays are officially upon us. Time to dig out that tree, untangle those lights, see if that ugly Christmas sweater still fits, and get shopping! We thought we’d […]
WTF is Kveik?
An exploration of Norwegian farmhouse yeast It all started with a blog post. The year was 2014, and in the backwaters of the Internet, a software engineer from Norway by the name of Lars Marius Garshol was posting about archaic […]
Dark beers for dark weather (and even darker moods)
Newsflash: It’s miserable out. This time of year, most days weeks months are a never-ending grey blur of damp and cold, with one drizzly day after another, after another. And on the rare occasions that the sun does make an […]
Good gourd! These are B.C.’s least worst pumpkin beers
It’s October and things are officially spooky what with the dark and stormy nights, creeping fog and pumpkin beers showing up on beer store shelves. Yikes! It’s no secret that I have no love for pumpkin beers. In fact, one […]
Look out for these tasty B.C. fresh hop craft beers this fall
The ubiquitous West Coast rain has returned, and while the end of summer might be mourned by some (definitely not by the many folks around the province living under wildfire threat), there is a silver lining: fresh hop beers! (Also, […]
Fall for some of BC’s best craft beers
Festbiers and Fresh Hops and Märzens, Oh My! Hit your local BC Ale Trail this autumn and explore the inspired seasonal flavours BC craft breweries have on tap. There’s a chill in the air and an abundance of juicy, fresh […]
10 B.C. craft beers to finish off the summer
This summer has been a scorcher so far and there’s still more than a month to go. Some locally-crafted liquid refreshment is just thing to beat the heat, so here are some favourites we’re currently quaffing. Bottlecap by Twin City […]